There’s nothing like finding a new favourite crisp flavour to make me think about running the Snackademy Awards again. We’ve been pretty remiss over the past few years – one of the Crisp Museum administrators moved to Australia in 2021 and we’ve both been pretty busy catching up with life in the meantime. But nowContinue reading “Snackademy Awards 2023”
Category Archives: All the flavours
I might have a new favourite flavour
I went for a walk with friends today in Ashmore Wood in North Dorset. The sun came out and the bluebells and other wild flowers looked amazing. Caught a glimpse of a deer leaping away and we were surrounded by birdsong. We had flask coffee and homemade flapjacks afterwards, and then drove to Chettle, toContinue reading “I might have a new favourite flavour”
We’ve found a bunch of new flavours
The amount of different crisp/potato chip flavours in the world is extraordinary. Recently Smiths launched five new ones in collaboration with Subway, taken from some of their most popular menu items: And we’ve also discovered there’re banana-flavoured and peach-flavoured potato chips in Japan. Now that really is bananas!
Mr Tayto, election candidate, best-selling author and influencer
Mr Tayto, the mascot of Tayto Crisps, Republic of Ireland, got under a few people’s skins when he became a General Election candidate in 2007 in Co Louth. His policies included re-naming the M50 as the M51 and making all the traffic lights green. Despite being a bit of a blight on the other candidates,Continue reading “Mr Tayto, election candidate, best-selling author and influencer”
Crisp News in Brief
TV show about Walkers airing this weekend The Secret World of Crisps, narrated by Dawn French, will be shown on Channel 4 at 8pm on Sunday night. More here. Life-saving crisp packet An NYPD officer saved the life of a stabbing victim with potato chip bag and tape. The officer’s quick thinking and ingenuity wasContinue reading “Crisp News in Brief”
Finding new flavours: The French Kitchen’s crisps
We’re always on the lookout for new flavours to add to the Flavour Index, so I was very excited to find a whole new handmade-crisp company today. They’ve been around for a couple of years, it seems, so how did we miss them before?! Anyhoo, their crisps come in several classic flavours with a FrenchContinue reading “Finding new flavours: The French Kitchen’s crisps”
Beer and crisps used to cut carbon emissions
Here’s a story we missed at the end of last year: Walkers Crisps have unveiled technology that could reduce their CO2 emissions by 70%. The technology mixes CO2 captured from a brewery’s beer fermentation process with potato waste and turns it into fertiliser. Manufacturing fertiliser usually creates a lot of CO2 emissions, but Walkers’ newContinue reading “Beer and crisps used to cut carbon emissions”
Crisp News in Brief
He founded a multi-million crisp empire and then lost it all John Mudd, the founder of Real Crisps, saw his fortunes rise to stellar heights and then come back down to earth, but he is far from bitter about his change in circumstances: “I don’t regret anything,” he said matter-of-factly. “I’ve lived like a millionaireContinue reading “Crisp News in Brief”
And there’s more…
We spotted Savoursmiths’ Truffle & Rosemary crisps yesterday, so did a bit of digging. This brought another 7 flavours to the Flavour Index, which now stands at 1131. Here’s the full list of Savoursmith flavours: Bubbly & Serrano Chilli Desert Salt Desert Salt & Vinegar Italian Cheese & Port Somerset Cheddar & Shallot Truffle &Continue reading “And there’s more…”
“Ike’s Love & Potato Chips”
Four new exciting crisp flavours are in development in San Fransisco, California. They are: Godfather Sauce (horseradish, garlic & Dijon mustard) Dirty Sauce (garlic & herb aioli) Ménage à Trois, named after Ike Shehadeh’s signature chicken sandwich, which is made with three cheeses (Swiss, Gouda, pepper jack), topped with three sauces (real honey, honey mustard,Continue reading ““Ike’s Love & Potato Chips””
Museum of Crisps 